CBS and Viacom thinking of buying Joost?

This is one crazy rumor (or maybe not that crazy)… so take it for what it is worth, entertainment value:

watchmojo.com is speculating that CBS and Viacom might be interested in buying Joost:

- CBS and Viacom launching a joint venture to counter Hulu.com
- using Joost
- and rebranding it all under the TV.com moniker.

The blog post is a [...]

Adobe Media Player: Joost done right

OK, I am sure I will ear about this one but I will write it any way.

Today I decided to install Adobe Media Player on my Mac. The install was rather painless. It required the installation of Adobe Air before the actual Media Player installation.

Once everything is installed and you agree to the terms [...]

CBS goes live streaming on Joost today

Joost will make live-streaming video available to all its users tomorrow; it has also scored a deal with its investor CBS to live stream March Madness. A new client should be ready for download by about noon ET on Wednesday, the company told NewTeeVee today.

The first public live broadcast is on Thursday at 2 p.m. [...]

CBS: Joost not dead in the water

CBS Interactive president Quincy Smith, whose CBS Audience Network of online video sites includes a partnership with Joost, isn’t one of them.Speaking to a small gathering of tech and media reporters at CBS’ New York headquarters Thursday, Smith gave a firm “no” when asked if Joost–which requires a software download and has slipped from the Web [...]

Akamai Unveils Unique View Of The High-Definition Internet

Akamai Technologies has announced The HDWeb, a ‘proof-of-concept’ portal designed to showcase the experience consumers can have with high definition content online. The Website, available at http://www.thehdweb.com, showcases content from a variety of industries including music, movies, professional sports, games and news.

Akamai customers are now delivering a consistent, high-definition video experience on Akamai’s uniquely distributed [...]

Joost adding fresh content from CBS and others

You might not have noticed but Joost is starting to release fresh content from CBS shows on a weekly basis. For example, Episodes of Survivor:China (yes, this season show) are showing up on Joost CBS channel a few days after airing in the US. And it is not the only one. Add to [...]

CBS Audience Network Goes “Hyperlocal”

CBS Interactive announced today that it is joining forces with CBS owned Television, CBS RADIO and CBS Affiliated stations to make the CBS Audience Network hyperlocal. “Leveraging CBS’s local footprint is a big step forward for the Network,” said Joe Ferreira, Senior Vice President and General Manager, CBS Audience Network. At the same time, CBS local [...]

CBS partner with Brightcove for news distribution

CBS News and Brightcove, the Internet TV pioneer, today announced that CBS News will use the Brightcove service to syndicate ad-supported video from CBS News across the Internet. The partnership will expand non-linear distribution of CBS News content, available today on AOL News, Comcast and YouTube, to thousands of small and medium-sized websites and blogs.

In [...]

CBS officially partner with Joost

NEW YORK, April 12 /PRNewswire/ — Joost(TM), the world’s firstbroadcast- quality Internet television service, and CBS today announced that programming from America’s most watched network will be available on the Joost platform when the service launches in spring 2007. Content to be made available is coming from across the CBS divisions and includes new and [...]

CBS to offer content on Joost… maybe

CBS is close to announcing deals to distribute TV shows to various Web sites, including Microsoft’s MSN and Time Warner’s AOL, according to a Thursday report on The Wall Street Journal‘s Web site.

The Journal said CBS could announce the agreements on Thursday. The deals will make previously aired episodes of CBS shows such as CSI: Crime [...]